Daniel Zack was just eliminated on the last hand before break in a massive three-way pot.
Action began with Artem Maksimov raising to 65,000 in the cutoff. Arthur Morris called on the button, then Zack three-bet to 250,000 from the small blind, leaving himself 400,000 behind. Both Maksimov and Morris called, and a huge pot was brewing.
The flop came , and Zack moved all-in for his last 400,000. Maksimov them moved in over top for 990,000. Morris thought briefly, then chose to fold.
Daniel Zack:
Artem Maksimov:
Zack was in trouble with just top pair and a backdoor flush draw versus Maksimov's three eights.
The on the turn sealed Zack's fate, followed by the meaningless to eliminate him and ship a huge pot to Maksimov.
Chris Sandrock fired a bet on the flop, getting two folds while Jordan Spurlin called on the button. Both players checked the turn and Sandrock bet the river for 465,000. Spurlin took a few minutes before announcing a raise to 1,200,000 putting the pressure on Sandrock, who took some time of his own before showing the for the nut flush and mucking his hand. Spurlin took down the massive pot and moved into the chip lead.
Dylan Linde's stack was ground down to under 100,000 when he raised from the cutoff to 80,000, leaving himself just 15,000 behind.
Arthur Morris checked his cards in his 30,000 big blind and opted to raise to put Linde all-in. Linde committed the rest of his chips and they were off to see five cards.
Dylan Linde:
Arthur Morris:
The board came , and Linde couldn't improve to run down Morris' jacks, eliminating him in 14th place.
Daniel Zack limped in and Leonid Yanovski raised the pot for 135,000. Zack gave it some consideration and called to see a flop of on which Zack bet the pot. Yanovski got it in for the last 345,000 and Zack called to set up the following showdown.
Leonid Yanovski:
Daniel Zack:
Zack had plenty of straight outs and hit one of them right away on the turn to leave Yanovski drawing dead, making the river a formality. Yanovski's tournament comes to an end in 15th place and he collects $28,609 for the efforts.
Mike Krasienko raised on the button, and Chris Sandrock three-bet in the small blind. Krasienko then moved all-in and Sandrock quickly called.
Mike Krasienko:
Chris Sandrock:
Krasienko was trailing Sandrock's aces, and remained behind on the flop. The turn and river changed nothing, and Krasienko headed to the payout table in 16th place.
Following an open raise by Tommy Le and a call by Mike Matusow, they got it in after the flop with Matusow as the player at risk.
Mike Matusow:
Tommy Le:
"Fade one time," Matusow exclaimed and he remained ahead on the turn. However, the river gave Le the nut flush and Matusow was eliminated in 17th place for $23,806. All remaining 16 players will now redraw to the final two tables.
Jonathan Witz leads a field full of familiar names into Day 3 of Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship. Witz had his stack above 3,000,000 chips late into Day 2 action and leads the final 18 players with 2,620,000 to begin play on Monday. Arthur Morris (2,390,000) and Chris Sandrock (1,900,000) round out the top three, but some notable names are not far behind.
One third of the remaining field has at least one WSOP gold bracelet, led by Daniel Zack earning his series-leading 12th cash of the 2021 World Series of Poker. Tommy Le also enters Day 3 with a top 10 stack and will looking to improve on his runner-up finish in Event #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha.
Other WSOP champions in contention include Dylan Linde, coming off his first bracelet win just over two weeks ago in Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better. Multiple gold bracelet winners Mike Matusow, Eli Elezra and Jeremy Ausmus all remain in the hunt to add to their collections.
Top 10 Chip Counts in Event #45: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Jonathan Witz
United States
2,620,000
105
2
Arthur Morris
United States
2,390,000
96
3
Chris Sandrock
United States
1,900,000
76
4
Daniel Zack
United States
1,845,000
74
5
Kyle Montgomery
United States
1,430,000
57
6
Artem Maksimov
Russia
1,400,000
56
7
Anderson Ireland
United States
1,305,000
52
8
Nader Younes
United States
1,190,000
48
9
Tommy Le
United States
1,000,000
40
10
Jordan Spurlin
United States
960,000
38
Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. local time and conclude when five players remain. Play begins in the Amazon room on level 21 with blinds of 10,000 and 25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante. All 18 players have locked up a minimum of $23,806, with the eventual champion earning $746,477.
Follow the action live on PokerNews as we take you all the way down to the final five.